UNTV Cup Season 6
| 2017–18 UNTV Cup Season | |||
| Country | Philippines | ||
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| Dates | 12 September 2017–TBA | ||
| Teams | 14 | ||
| Defending champions | PNP Responders | ||
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The UNTV Cup Season 6 is the current season of the annual charity basketball league in the Philippines, UNTV Cup. The tournament organized by UNTV Public Service channel, thru its chairman and chief executive officer of BMPI-UNTV, Kuya Daniel Razon, more popularly known as Mr. Public Service.
The season was officially opened on September 12, 2017 at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum, in Quezon City, with 14 teams vying for the championship title of the season, including Season 5 champions PNP Responders. Four new teams were introduced this season, these are the Commission on Audit (COA) Enablers, the Department of Agriculture (DA) Food Masters, the Department of Health (DOH) Health Achievers and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Drug Busters. Three teams were backed-out in the competition, including the controversial BOC Transformers team.
Regular games will be held at the Pasig City Sports Center in Pasig City with a live telecast on the UNTV Public Service channel every Sunday afternoons.
A total of 8.5 million pesos (tax-free) will be given to the teams' chosen beneficiaries, with the champion team will take home a trophy and 4 million pesos to be given to their chosen charity institution.
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